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West Des Moines

West Des Moines is a city in , United States. Most of the city is in , some of it is in , and small portions extend into and .
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  • Type: City with 68,700 residents
  • Description: city in Polk, Dallas, Warren, and Madison counties, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Valley Junction”, “Valley Junction, Iowa”, “West Des Moines, IA”, and “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Postal codes: 50265 and 50266

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jordan House and Walnut Woods State Park.

House
Photo: Goddesshanna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an historic building located in West Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was built by abolitionist James C. Jordan and was a station on the Underground Railroad in Iowa.

Nature reserve
Photo: Fredddie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a state park in , , , located in suburban West Des Moines. Within the Des Moines metropolitan area, the park preserves a bottomland hardwood forest featuring the largest natural stand of black walnut trees in North America.

West Des Moines

Latitude
41.5644° or 41° 33′ 52″ north
Longitude
-93.7594° or 93° 45′ 34″ west
Population
68,700
Elevation
827 feet (252 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WEM
Open location code
86H8H67R+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151354024
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4881346
Wiki­data ID
Q923861
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“West Des Moines” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويست دي موينز”
  • Basque: “West Des Moines”
  • Catalan: “West Des Moines”
  • Cebuano: “West Des Moines”
  • Chechen: “Вест-Де-Мойн”
  • Chinese: “West Des Moines”
  • Chinese: “西得梅因”
  • Dagbani: “West Des Moines”
  • Danish: “West Des Moines”
  • Dutch: “West Des Moines”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويسانت دى موينز”
  • French: “West Des Moines”
  • German: “West Des Moines”
  • Gilaki: “وست دمؤین (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “وست دمؤین”
  • Haitian: “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Haitian: “West Des Moines”
  • Ido: “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Ido: “West Des Moines”
  • Irish: “West Des Moines”
  • Italian: “West Des Moines”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・デモイン”
  • Japanese: “ウェストデモイン”
  • Japanese: “ウエストデモイン”
  • Kazakh: “Vést Dés Moýnés”
  • Kazakh: “Вэст Де Мойн”
  • Kazakh: “Вэст Дэс Мойнэс”
  • Kazakh: “ۆەست دەس موينەس”
  • Kirghiz: “Вэст Дэс Мойнэс”
  • Korean: “웨스트디모인”
  • Ladin: “West Des Moines”
  • Mazanderani: “وست دس موینس (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “وست دس موینس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Des Moines”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Des Moines”
  • Norwegian: “West Des Moines”
  • Persian: “وست دس موینس، آیووا”
  • Persian: “وست دس موینس”
  • Polish: “West Des Moines”
  • Portuguese: “West Des Moines”
  • Romanian: “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “West Des Moines”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Де-Мойн”
  • Serbian: “West Des Moines”
  • Serbian: “Вест Де Мојн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Des Moines”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وست دس موینس، آیووا”
  • Spanish: “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Spanish: “West Des Moines”
  • Swedish: “West Des Moines”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Де-Мойн”
  • Turkish: “West Des Moines”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Де-Мойн”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ دی موین، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ دی موین”
  • Uzbek: “West Des Moines”
  • Uzbek: “Wест Дес Моинес”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Des Moines”
  • Vietnamese: “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “West Des Moines”
  • Volapük: “West Des Moines”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Des Moines”
  • Welsh: “West Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “West Des Moines”

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